Materion Corporation (MTRN) vs Rio Tinto PLC (RIO)

Materion Corporation and Rio Tinto PLC are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Rio Tinto PLC is the larger, with a market value of $113.2B against $5.3B — 21.6× the size. Rio Tinto PLC trades at the lower P/E: 5.7× against 56.3×. Materion Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.6% against 9.45%. Rio Tinto PLC has the higher net margin (23.1% vs 4.29%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 5.50%). Both pay a dividend; Rio Tinto PLC yields more (5.15% vs 0.23%). Across the 20 metrics below, Materion Corporation leads on 11 and Rio Tinto PLC on 9.

Valuation

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E 56.26 5.66 26.65
P/S 2.42 n/m 6.78
P/B 5.11 n/m 1.18
Price to free cash flow 99.92 n/m 15.65
EV/EBITDA 27.71 0.26 7.09
EV/Sales 2.63 0.12 4.64
Earnings yield 1.78% 17.67% (9.58%)
Free cash flow yield 1.00% 0.00% (8.41%)

Profitability

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 16.01% 36.19% 14.52%
Operating margin 5.99% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 4.29% 23.14% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 2.42% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 9.46% 0.00% (7.90%)
Return on assets 4.99% 0.00% (11.61%)
Return on invested capital 5.50% 0.00% (3.47%)

Growth

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.60% 9.45% 27.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,178.57% (14.00%) (15.57%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.72% 5.26% 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 37.07% 0.40% 0.00%

Health

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.46 0.31 0.04
Current ratio 2.94 1.42 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 2.54 0.62 1.07

Dividend

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 0.23% 5.15% 1.46%
Payout ratio 0.13 — —

Size

Metric MTRN RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 5.25b 113.18b 454.02m

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